Sensations' Fix – Boxes Paradise (1977, LP, Italy)

Tracklist:
A1. The Flu (4:20)
A2. Faux Batard (3:25)
A3. Boxes Paradise (Including Short Flights) (6:15)
A4. Voices (4:54)
B1. Mother's Day (7:24)
B2. Luna Slain (4:50)
B3. Vision Fugitives (6:44)

Musicians:
Bass – Matt Noble (A2, A3.b, A4), Richard Ursillo (A1, A3.a, B1 to B3)
Drums – Keith Edwards
Keyboards – Steve Head
Producer, Guitar, Vocals – Franco Falsini
Synthesizer – Cloud 9 (A3.b)

Listening today to the music produced by Sensations’ Fix, a project founded and directed by Franco Falsini in ‘70s, can’t just leave anyone indifferent. Already in the mid-‘60s, Falsini was full-time involved in musical activities: a tireless traveler and experimenter, an artist with uncommon curiosity and intuition, after having lived for some time in the United States and England, he finally established again in Italy where he gave shape to Sensations’ Fix and signed a contract with Polydor for the release of six records in five years. Often associated with the sound of Tangerine Dream and the so-called German ‘cosmic couriers’, Sensations’ Fix were much more than mere clones of something already existing.

“Boxes Paradise” is the fifth Sensations’ Fix album, originally released in 1977 and never officially reissued on vinyl to date. Musically, it follows the same path inaugurated on the previous “Finest Finger”, with an even more refined and elegant production, more structured and longer tracks (three out of seven exceeding the 6-minute length), all sung by an increasingly confident Franco Falsini. There are also various instrumental sections, guitar solos and ‘spacey-sounding’ keyboards reminiscent of the band’s previous records. A real gem that sounds fresh and ripe even today!

Sensations' Fix – Finest Finger (1976, LP, Italy)

Tracklist:
A1 Strange About Your Hands 3:50
A2 Just A Little Bit More On The Curve 3:20
A3 Yardbirds Dream 3:55
A4 Map 4:55
A5 Boat Of Madness 3:20
B1 The Left Side Of The Green (Including Macumba Fog) 5:15
B2 Finest Finger 3:40
B3 Into The Memory 6:10

Musicians:
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocals – Franco Falsini
Bass, Electric Guitar – Richard Ursillo
Drums, Percussion – Keith Edwards
Keyboards, Synthesizer – Steve Head

Sensation's Fix ‎– Sensation's Fix (1974, CD, Italy)

Tracklist:
1. Astride a Vibration (3:20)
2. Cosmic Fuel (1:30)
3. Muddy Candy (3:20)
4. Galatic Interference (2:15)
5. Fall of Senstaions On Earth (3:15)
6. Dust of Nothing (2:00)
7. Wave 243 (2:43)
8. Broad Mindedness (3:18)
9. Concentric Circles (2:40)
10. The Leaven Appeared in the Sky (2:58)
11. S.N.S.T.N. F.X (2:00)
12. Vertical Motion (2:15)

Music By – Franco Falsini

Listening today to the music produced by Sensations’ Fix, a project founded and directed by Franco Falsini in ‘70s, can’t just leave anyone indifferent. Already in the mid-‘60s, Falsini was full-time involved in musical activities: a tireless traveler and experimenter, an artist with uncommon curiosity and intuition, after having lived for some time in the United States and England, he finally established again in Italy where he gave shape to Sensations’ Fix and signed a contract with Polydor for the release of six records in five years. Often associated with the sound of Tangerine Dream and the so-called German ‘cosmic couriers’, Sensations’ Fix were much more than mere clones of something already existing.

“Sensations’ Fix” is – together with “Portable Madness” and “Fragments of Light” – one of the three titles published in 1974, a collection of short psychedelic compositions, in which glimpses of ‘cosmic’ music can already be noticed; those elements would soon become a trademark in the group’s repertoire. The twelve compositions present here were part of demos that Falsini had sold to the record company, which decided to publish them in the form of a not-for-sale LP, which had “music especially recorded for radio and television” written on the back cover: in practice, sketches of musical ideas had been ‘transformed’ into ‘library music’ and collected in an extremely rare vinyl that sells today for hundreds of euros. (lightintheattic.net)

Franco Falsini ‎– Cold Nose (Naso Freddo) (1975, LP, Italy)

Tracklist
A1. Parte 1  (10:23)
A2. Parte 2  (6:55)
B. Parte 3  (20:57)

Soundtrack for the short movie « Cold Nose » (Naso Freddo) directed by Filippo Milani


A truly superb album that flows along with supreme ease but isn't necessarily ambient. Falsini's busy and dynamic use of electronics and guitar is impeccably tasteful and never too complicated. He utilizes the Fripp & Eno/Heldon aesthetic to create an LP that's just as worthy as the other artists' best efforts. Some of the guitar work sounds very much like it could fit in on a 4AD label release over a decade later. (bopdd)